Angels and Women (1924)

228 ANGELS AND WOMEN"Cities arise in the wilderness l Wasteplaces bloom like a garden. Multitudes fillthe earth and subdue it."Westward still press the sons of Japheth;whither the bright sun leads they follow.I see floating palaces like our Tebah uponthe stormy seas; they depend not upon thewind but move by a power within themselves.They send messages that speed asthe lightning. Upon the land are chariotsof iron and wood which go swiftly butsmoothly along the highways. There areships that fly like birds through the air.I hear the thunder of the nations as theyclamor for freedom from the oppressiveyokes of kings and rulers. They endeavorto be wholly free, every man a king as Adambefore he sinned. In impotent anger theyslay one line of oppressors only to come underthe rule of another. Alas l Is there noeye to pity? But wait, I see that deliverancecomes at last, though not by humanbeings. He who created our first parent